Candyspace are tried and tested digital product experts, creating apps, websites and digital products for ambitious, results-focused organisations investing in growth, including some of the best-known brands in the UK and beyond.

Working at Candyspace is about building digital products that people love. We all work hard to define the sweetspot between customers' demands and the needs of the businesses who employ us. And by building products that they all love, we love those products too. To do this you will be part of a diverse and inclusive team of like-minded people, ambitious for themselves and passionate about what they do. You will work on exciting and challenging projects.

Candyspace is an equal opportunities employer and we strongly encourage people of colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities to apply for roles here. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know and feel free to note which pronouns you use (she/her, he/him, they/them etc).

We’re looking for a versatile, personable Android developer who already has strong experience of Kotlin, the Android SDK, and is open to exploring new technologies and techniques as the platform evolves. As an Android developer at Candyspace you’ll work on one of the UK’s leading video-on-demand apps. A successful candidate will be at home working as part of a team continuously improving a complex application, but will also be comfortable owning smaller pieces of work and ensuring their successful delivery.

• Contributes to the planning, scoping and delivery of pieces of work according to specifications.
• A keen focus on producing clean, robust and thoroughly tested code.
• A good understanding of code versioning using git.

At a technical level, we’d like you to demonstrate an understanding of clean, object-oriented code, good architecture principles, and knowledge of common software design patterns. As a team we’re committed to producing high quality, maintainable code, so you’ll need to display a familiarity with the creation of well-tested code. Experience of interaction with XML and JSON data served via HTTP APIs is also essential. We make use of a number of additional technologies including many of the Android support libraries:

• Java/Kotlin
• RxJava
• ExoPlayer
• Dagger
• Retrofit + OkHttp
• Firebase